Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 494:

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Allison had no way of reading his thoughts, only feeling the pulse of tension as his fingers tightened around her wrist, turning his knuckles ghostly white.

“If you know that, Mr. Lloyd,” she said, meeting his intense gaze with all the steadiness she could muster, “then let go of me.”

But Kellan didn’t move.

Instead, he took his time, his tall figure looming over her as he leaned in. The alley felt too narrow, too tight, as if the air itself had thinned around them, trapping them both.

“After all, between you and me, it was always just…” The words she’d poised to speak vanished in her throat as he closed the final gap. And then, without warning, he crashed his lips onto hers, silencing everything—thought, breath, the entire world.

The tension crackled between them, reminiscent of those previous nights filled with confusion and desire. It was dangerous—beyond forbidden.

here, in this secluded alley, there was

narrowed her eyes, instinctively ready to strike him, but Kellan was quicker,

closeness was

kiss that followed was

of the moment. Suddenly, Allison bit down hard

shoved Kellan away,

for your

small trace of blood on his lip, but he simply wiped it away

let out a laugh, his eyes gleaming with

felt anything real, you’d know I’m

fingers with hers in a gesture that might have been tender but

more tangled than ever,” he admitted, his voice raw, laced with bitter irony. “I swore I’d never fall the way my mother did. I’ve held back, trying to keep myself in check, trying not

paused, his expression deceptively calm—the calm that hints at the

and enough ice in your veins to walk away without a second thought.